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About the Visual Arts Contest...

The annual Culture Shapers Visual Arts Contest enables student artists to compete for more than $85,000 in cash prizes in six categories... drawing, painting, electronic media, mixed media, photography and sculpture. The contest takes place in the Fall, and is open to all High School Students in Harris, Waller, Liberty, Chambers, Galveston, Brazoria, Fort Bend and Montgomery counties.

Students receive a commemorative t-shirt with their entry fee of $20. Entry forms are downloaded from the website and parents, students or teachers deliver the entries to the drop-off location.

Each year, the Culture Shapers Volunteer Staff receive about 1,500 entries! This year, jurying will take place on Sunday, November 2nd. The top ten finalists in each category are personally invited to the exclusive Awards Night, where the winners are finally announced!

About the Culture Shapers Jurying Process...

Culture Shapers jurors are a combination of educators and professionals, who come highly recommended to us by other notable organizations, such as the Visual Arts Scholastic Event (VASE), as well as others. Many of our jurors have experience both in and out of the classroom, which gives them a unique and valuable perspective on evaluating student artwork. Click here to read more about the Culture Shapers jurying process.

The Visual Arts Awards Ceremony

Click here for details about the Visual Arts Awards Ceremony!

About Young Voices of Houston...

In 2005, Culture Shapers expanded into the performing arts, with the Young Voices of Houston performing arts contest. Featuring ten to twelve of the top vocalists from area high schools, Young Voices provides these talented students the opportunity to perform vocal works for a live audience and compete for cash prizes! Young Voices of Houston competitions are held several times throughout the year. Click here to learn more about Young Voices of Houston!

Archive for August, 2009

Sculpture Training Seminar

CultureShapers is presenting and sponsoring a FREE seminar by one of the most recognized instructors on sculpture- Bob Mosier.
The seminar is open to all teachers and administrators (any grade level), but you must make a RESERVATION (simply email us).
Listening To Learn
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Welcome Back!

We’re kicking off our 10th Anniversary Year which means this will be the year we go OVER having given away more than $1,000,000.00 in prize money (actual checks-cash) to those in high school Visual and Performing Art.
Dates are set for everything other than the first Young Voices of Houston September semi final.
We have 75% of [...]

Imperialism Of The Left Brain

We all need the three “R’s” and a lot more; however, my sentiments are with Anthony Stevens as he wrote, “Ever since the Renaissance, stress has increasingly been laid on the need to develop left hemispheric functions at the expense of the right. Although right hemispheric activities such as art, drama, dancing, and music were [...]

Film Festival?

The plans call for a Film Festival February 13th and 14th provided, we are able to find a sponsor. For a $15,000 tax deductible donation the sponsor would heve annual rights to have their name or corporation sponsor the event under the CultureShapers umbrella receiving substantial publicity and advertisements. Send any interested sponsors to us [...]

10th Year Date Data

We go DIGITAL this year with the registration process-
>Oct. 1-20 ON LINE Registration (no registrations after Oct. 20th.
>Oct. 31 ENTRY day (at Westfield high- same as last year)
>Nov. 1 JUDGING (pick up at from 3-6 pm unless you’re in top 15)
>Nov. 3-4 PROBATION period
>Nov. 5-13 DUE DILIGENCE [...]

2009-2010 T-Shirts

The official 2009 t-shirt has been designed by Shawn Hesketh (LeftLane Designs) and it will be on a BLACK shirt. Everyone who enters the contest gets (in late October) a FREE TEE; however, if you’d like to buy one now, buy a different color shirt, or add a cap or coffee mug, you can order [...]